Last-Minute Auditor Specials for Tuscany Vocal Program

Enjoy an idyllic, affordable week in Tuscany July 30 to August 6, 2008 as an auditor of the 2008 Daniel Ferro Vocal Program. Auditors observe all Master Classes and participate in Italian language study. Ideal for singers, voice teachers, coaches, conductors, choral singers and… lovers of music wishing to experience the development of young artists and enjoy Tuscany with all …

Introducing iJourneys Audio Walking Tours

Experience Italy and listen as you walk through Rome, Florence, Venice and Pompeii… iJourneys Audio Walking Tours are fun, fascinating, funny and easy. Explore the big sights and go off the beaten path without dragging a heavy guidebook. Your guide is an Emmy Award winning journalist.Just $14.95, MAP included. Download your tour in about one minute. Put it on your …

Music and Markets Presents “The Art Cities of Northern Italy”

Music and Markets Tours is thrilled to present an exciting only-in-2008 tour, The Art Cities of Northern Italy. We’ll have the awe-inspiring opportunity of hearing the renowned Fine Arts Quartet perform on priceless historic instruments at the Stradivari Foundation’s annual festival. Surrounded by the brilliant colors of fall, we’ll delight in the marvelous towns of Cremona, Mantua, and Verona , …

Receive a Free Bottle of Italy’s Finest Olive Oil!

Savor the Memories of Italy with Olio2go Estate-bottled extra virgin olive oils from Tuscany, Sicily, Umbria, Liguria, Marche, Veneto, and more… Dream of Italy readers can receive a free bottle of olive oil! Spend $100 before shipping, please mention Dream of Italy in “Special Instructions,” one free offer per household, quantities are limited; expires June 30, 2008 (This is an …

Pre-Christmas Florence Tour with Cook Euro

l’Amore di Cucina Italiana — “Love of Italian Cooking”– is offering a pre-Christmas week of cooking, touring and shopping in Florence and Tuscany. Guests stay at the boutique Arti & Hotel Florence. There are five hands-on cooking classes, taught in English, by Cristina Blasi and Gabriella Mari, owners of Scuola di Arte Culinaria ‘Cordon Bleu.’ Included: visits to wine, olive …

Introducing Pamela Sheldon Johns + Poggio Etrusco

Cookbook author Pamela Sheldon Johns invites you to learn about artisanal Italian cuisine in her regional workshops. www.FoodArtisans.com US office (805) 963-7289 In Tuscany, stay at Poggio Etrusco, Pamela’s organic olive-producing farm. Bed & Breakfast and one-day workshops. www.Poggio-Etrusco.com Tel/Fax (+39) 0578 798 370 Read about Pamela and Poggio Etrusco: • Food & Wine magazine Sept. 2007 named Italian Food …

Introducing Prima Villas

With over 17 years experience PrimaVillas remains focused on the initial premise of what people want from renting in Italy. The experience of the region! Living as the people do! Being in a real home! Accommodating all budgets our selection criteria remain constant. Comfort, affordability, location.   PrimaVillas 1-877-476-7477 info@primavillas.com http://www.primavillas.com/   (This is an ad.)

Italian Language and Culture Courses

For the past 20 years Lingua Service Worldwide has been offering full immersion Italian Language and Culture courses across Italy for adults of all ages: Italian language courses in Rome, Italian and painting in Florence, Italian and cooking in Siena and many more. All programs also offer host family stay options for a complete immersion experience. Join us for the …

Invitation to Tuscany Villa Rentals

Invitation to Tuscany represents more than 130 carefully selected villas,apartments and restored farmhouses in Tuscany, Liguria and Umbria. Our three agents in the U.S. have visited them all and can give you intimate details. Call Hugh or Barbara at (703) 370-3868 on the East Coast or Colleen at (866) 297-1058 west of the Mississippi…and take a look at http://www.invitationtotuscany.com/ to …

Traveling Palette Art Workshops: D’Ambruoso Studios

Tuscany! Amalfi Coast! Sicily! Traveling Palette Art Workshops is celebrating 11 years of providing exceptional outdoor painting programs set in world-class venues. Each workshop is dedicated to instruction in drawing and painting techniques given by Sam D’Ambruoso, including demos, exercises and constructive critiques. Non-painting guests share in the fun, too, traveling to each site. Every village is unique in offering …